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Riverside

A township of 16,242 people in Cook County, Illinois
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Gundling Beulah - Claire de Lune - 04 1981 - Midwest Aquatic Art Symposium at Riverside-Brookfield High School - Illino…, 1981

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About Riverside

Village in Illinois, United States
1875Established
9,298Population
2 sq miArea

Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 9,298 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago, located around 9 miles (14 km) west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles (3 km) outside city limits. A significant portion of the village is in the Riverside Landscape Architecture District, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.

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ZIP code60546
Area code708
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Housing in Riverside

$566K▲ 8.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Riverside home is worth about $566,000, up 8.5% in a year, 90% above the Illinois typical home.

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The public schools Riverside’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#28Best public schoolsof 384 in IL
DistrictRiverside SD 96Schools8

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.

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